Look in the mirror to find who is at fault for low wages

6:50 PM,
Sep. 20, 2013

Written by

Jim
Thompson

Much attention has been made given to wages paid by McDonald's and Wal-Mart. Added to this has been other data. A friend of mine directed my attention to a factoid that said six Wal-Mart heirs have more wealth than the bottom 42 percent of Americans. There also is an article that says the gap between the richest 1 percent of Americans and the rest of the country now is the widest it has been since the 1920s. This article goes on to blame the current gap on the decline in unions, the rise in automation and so forth. Now, notice I do not have to vet these articles too closely, as they fit the liberal mantra. I ...